Hard Pressed

“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.”
--2 Corinthians 4:8-9

Government Reliance

“Citizens who over-rely on their government to do everything not only become dependent on their government, they end up having to do whatever the government demands. In the meantime, their initiative and self-respect are destroyed.”
--Charles G. Koch

Die to Preserve

“I would die to preserve the law upon a solid foundation; but take away liberty, and the foundation is destroyed.”
--Alexander Hamilton

Stupid Teachers

“Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children.”
--Thomas Sowell

Obvious Lies

“To assent to obvious lies is in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. If you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to.”
--Theodore Dalrymple

Destroyed from Within

“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within.”
--Will Durant

External Happiness

“The ordinary man places his life’s happiness in things external to him, so that when he loses them or finds them disappointing, the foundation of his happiness is destroyed. In other words, his center of gravity is not himself.”
--Arthur Schopenhauer

A Kingdom Destroyed

“A kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.”
--Sun Tzu

America Destroyed

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we lose our freedoms it will be because we have destroyed ourselves from within.”
--Unknown (misattributed to Abraham Lincoln)

Greatness In Balance

“Somewhere in the world there is defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small, and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.”
--John Steinbeck

Overcome Prejudices

“Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason, they cannot be destroyed by logic.”
--Tryon Edwards

Always In Demand

“Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but character, health, knowledge and good judgment will always be in demand under all conditions.”
--Roger Babson